How many can I kill?

[JackFlash]

well..........this has been educational. Thanks GS!!

[denowt]

honest to God I thought he was too, but I am just not sure if I wanna chance it.

Call or email TPWD in Austin.
You'd be surprised how often GWs don't understand the laws they are supposed to uphold.

Tuned into this because I believe a more knowledgable person will disagree with this.... If you hunt in 3 different one buck counties you should be able to use 1 buck tag for each county OR if you hunt in one 2 buck county and a 1 buck county you should be able to use 2 in one county and the 3rd tag in a single buck county........ However I would highly reccommend you using some of those tags on those tasty does....

You have 2 additional tags for those tasty does.
You can take a total of 5 deer without MLD if you hunt in multiple counties.

[AntlerCollector]

North Texas. Hardin
Bag Limit 4 deer, no more than 2 bucks, and no more than 2 antlerless, all seasons combined.
Antler Restrictions Antler Restrictions do not apply on properties for which Level 2 or Level 3 MLDPs have been issued. For the seasons listed above, a legal buck is a buck deer having at least one unbranched antler, or an inside spread of 13 inches or greater. The inside spread requirement does not apply to any buck that has an unbranched antler. Not more than one buck with an inside spread of 13 inches or greater may be taken.
Prohibited All dogs.
Archery Only
Sept. 27 - Oct. 31, 2014
Archery Only Either sex. No permit is required to hunt antlerless deer unless MLDP permits have been issued for the property.
General Season
Nov. 1, 2014 - Jan. 4, 2015
Antlerless Deer If permits have been issued for the harvest of antlerless deer, they must be attached to all antlerless deer harvested on the tract of land. On all other tracts of land in this county, antlerless deer may be taken without permits from opening day through the Sunday immediately following Thanksgiving Day, November 1-30. From the Monday immediately following Thanksgiving Day until the end of the season, December 1 – January 4, antlerless deer may be taken by antlerless MLD permit or LAMPS permit only. On tracts of land for which LAMPS permits have been issued, no LAMPS permit is required for the harvest of antlerless deer during the archery-only or muzzleloader-only open season.
Youth-Only
Early Youth-Only Season
Oct. 25 - 26, 2014
Late Youth-Only Season
Jan. 5 - 18, 2015
Muzzleloader
Jan. 5 - 18, 2015
Antlerless Deer (Muzzleloader Only) General season buck limits apply, antlerless permit required only on MLD property.

[landon pharr]

There's no shortage of "know it all's" on TBH... It's getting to be pretty pathetic and this is directed towards the guys that seem to post on every thread!!! Where in the hell would we be without y'all!!

[denowt]

There's no shortage of "know it all's" on TBH... It's getting to be pretty pathetic and this is directed towards the guys that seem to post on every thread!!! Where in the hell would we be without y'all!!

And then there are people who post comments irrelevant to the topic being discussed or the question that was asked.

[Txfire409]

Thanks to mld and TPWD drawn hunts my son and I killed 6 deer last year (3 bucks and 3 does) and only used one tag from either of our licenses.

[landon pharr]

And then there are people who post comments irrelevant to the topic being discussed or the question that was asked.

There's plenty of answers already!!

[AntlerCollector]

There's plenty of answers already!!

Problem is there were plenty of wrong ones.

[Sylvo55]

Yep

[ETexBowAddict]

Hunting in East Texas I can never see me having this issue, but I was under the impression you could kill only one 13"+ buck in all AR counties combined just as it used to be with one buck counties. I may be wrong but like I said, I doubt I will ever run in to this problem up here.

[AntlerCollector]

Hunting in East Texas I can never see me having this issue, but I was under the impression you could kill only one 13"+ buck in all AR counties combined just as it used to be with one buck counties. I may be wrong but like I said, I doubt I will ever run in to this problem up here.

I can kill a 13+ buck in Hardin then kill another one in Polk. It's legal

[JameSDDDD]

Straight from a gw

[wildaggie]

I got a conflicting answer from a GW on this issue. By this logic, I can shoot 2 bucks in a 2 buck county, and a 3rd(since I have 3 buck tags) in another different 2 buck county. A GW told me the 3rd buck HAS to be in a 3 buck county.

The GW is wrong. As long as you are within the limit of the county you are hunting, then you can shoot a buck, as long as you still have at least 1 buck tag remaining. For example, one buck in each of 3 1-buck counties = 3 bucks total. 2 bucks in a 2-buck county, then another buck in a 1-, 2- or 3- buck county = 3 bucks total. Etc. The statewide limit is 3 bucks. So, you can only shoot 3 bucks in Texas, and each county has a limit of the number you can shoot in that county.

This was a law that was changed when they added the harvest log to the back of the hunting license. The harvest log is now the way they keep track of whether you are over the bag limit. It allows you to shoot more than 2 or 3 bucks in 2 or 3 different 1-buck counties.

Call that GW's district or regional office and ask his captain. If he tells you the same thing, keep going up the chain. I promise I am right on this one.

[Bowhica]

If I have a tag for a buck and I shoot that buck in a 1 buck county, that county is CLOSED. Time to move to ANY other county that has an open season for bucks.

just my .02

Oh let's talk about multiple red drum tags now!!!!

[TexMax]

Not true if he is hunting an MLD ranch. Then it would be illegal to use tags from his license. But if he had 20 MLD buck tags he could legally kill 20 bucks in a one buck county.

Funny. And about as useful as some of the answers . Not sure why people do that.